The application window is expected to close on 31/03/2024 Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received. Meet the Team Our team is the product operations team within supply chain. We are a creative and dynamic team developing new products and solving sophisticated problems. You’ll be working very closely with HW Engineering, Product Management/Marketing, Product Ops team, Global Supplier Management (GSM), External Vendors/Suppliers, Mfg Ops and EMS/JDM partners. Your Impact * The EPE is responsible for owning the electrical technical content of the product, builds, and validation from pre-concept commit through end of life (EOL) and ongoing engineering (Dfx) for a specific product, or group of products, to support product success. * Leads analysis and design input for manufacturability, fulfillment and product quality. * Evaluates for cost avoidance (NPI), value engineering, circular economy opportunities, and supply chain technical capability. * Identifies design related opportunities to enable cost reduction and component related yield improvements. * Supports Supply Chain team with risk mitigation strategies (multi-source tech assessment, component, cost variance, supply chain review, and negotiations). * Influence and reviews manufacturing capacity/capability, design stability, risk planning. * Actively seeks and incorporates standard methodologies and results from post-project assessments into new products. * Collaborates with design, process, test and reliability engineering to address problems, using structured problem-solving techniques where applicable. * Collaborate with multi-functional team to release all product user documentation (ECO, BOMs, TOIs, FAI and process capabilities, organizational change activities and support. * Your role will also be to drive component failure analysis, containments, and root cause corrective actions and to work with development/manufacturing engineering and management representatives to resolve sophisticated technical problems. * Additional skills is to handle product qualification. You should have confirmed ability to perform statistical data/yield/correlation analysis on large data sets from wafer sort to system final test to find yield issues and drive test and yield optimization. Minimum Qualifications * BS in Electrical Engineering. * 5 years related experience in product development and manufacturing process. Preferred Qualifications * Understanding of DFx principles and tools. * Direct experience with device qualification, conversant with JEDEC qualification requirements. * Experience with handling contract manufacturers. Why Cisco #WeAreCisco where every individual brings their unique skills and perspectives together to pursue our purpose of powering an inclusive future for all. Our passion is connection—we celebrate our employees’ diverse set of backgrounds and focus on unlocking potential. Cisconians often experience one company, many careers where learning and development are encouraged and supported at every stage. Our technology, tools, and culture pioneered hybrid work trends, allowing all to not only give their best, but be their best. We understand our outstanding opportunity to bring communities together and at the heart of that is our people. One-third of Cisconians collaborate in our 30 employee resource organizations, called Inclusive Communities, to connect, foster belonging, learn to be informed allies, and make a difference. Dedicated paid time off to volunteer—80 hours each year—allows us to give back to causes we are passionate about, and nearly 86% do! Our purpose, driven by our people, is what makes us the worldwide leader in technology that powers the internet. Helping our customers reimagine their applications, secure their enterprise, transform their infrastructure, and meet their sustainability goals is what we do best. We ensure that every step we take is a step towards a more inclusive future for all. Take your next step and be you, with us! Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.